فك

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ف ك ك‎ (f-k-k).

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /fak.ka/
  • (file)

Verb

فَكَّ • (fakka) I, non-past يَفُكُّ‎‎ (yafukku)

  1. to untie a knot
    ‏فَكَّ الْعُقْدَةَ‎
    fakka l-ʕuqdata
    He untied the knot.
  2. to break a seal
  3. to disassemble
  4. to free and release
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 90:13:
      ‏فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ‎
      fakku raqabatin
      It is the freeing of a slave
  5. to decipher
    ‏فَكَّ اللُّغْزَ‎
    fakka l-luḡza
    He solved the mystery
    ‏فَكَّ الرُّمُوزَ‎
    fakka r-rumūza
    to decipher the message

Conjugation

Synonyms

Noun

فَكّ • (fakk) m (dual فَكَّانِ‎ (fakkāni), plural فُكُوك‎ (fukūk))

  1. verbal noun of فَكَّ (fakka) (form I)
  2. (anatomy) jaw

Declension

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “فك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964), “فك”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy, 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 606

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ك ك‎
2 terms

From Arabic فَكَّ‎ (fakka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fakː/

Verb

فك • (fakk) (form I, non-past يفك‎ (yfukk))

  1. to loosen
    Synonym: حل‎ (ḥall)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فك
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فكّيت‎ (fakkīt) فكّيتي‎ (fakkīti) فكّ (fakk) فكّينا‎ (fakkīna) فكّيتوا‎ (fakkītu) فكّوا‎ (fakku)
f فكّت‎ (fakkāt)
non-past m نفكّ‎ (nfukk) تفكّ‎ (tfukk) يفكّ‎ (yfukk) نفكّوا‎ (nfukku) تفكّوا‎ (tfukku) يفكّوا‎ (yfukku)
f تفكّي‎ (tfukki) تفكّ‎ (tfukk)
imperative m فكّ (fukk) فكّوا‎ (fukku)
f فكّي‎ (fukki)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ك ك‎

Etymology

From Arabic فَكّ‎ (fakk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fakk/, [fak]
  • (file)

Noun

فكّ • (fakk) m

  1. jaw
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